1966 World Cup History - SuperSport - Football seconds 1966 World Cup History 1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 With the United States ever more involved in the conflict with Vietnam, football returned to the country that invented the game 103 years earlier -- England. Brazil and Italy were the two big name casualties in the group stages. An ageing Brazil side lost to Eusebio-inspired Portugal 3-1 while Italy suffered the shock result of the tournament when they crashed 1-0 to North Korea, Pak Doo Ik becoming a household name in England by scoring the only goal. England advanced in solid if unspectacular style to the semi-finals, where they faced Eusebio and co.

Two brilliant efforts by Bobby Charlton put paid to the Portuguese at Wembley. West Germany, coaxed by new find Franz Beckenbauer, defeated the Soviet Union at Goodison Park to take their place at the home of football for the final. Helmut Haller put the Germans ahead but Geoff Hurst equalised before half-time. Martin Peters looked to have clinched the cup for the hosts until Wolfgang Weber snatched a dramatic late equaliser to force extra time in a final for only the second time in history. Hurst scored twice in the additional period to become the first player to score a World Cup final hat-trick. His second goal was highly controversial, bouncing down off the crossbar and, according to the linesman, over the line. 1966 WORLD CUP LEGENDS England: b. 1941, d. 1993 Probably the finest defender to have ever played for England. Elegant central defender-cum-sweeper, a master of anticipation with a well-timed tackle and an accurate pass. As England's captain in their 1966 World Cup triumph at Wembley, his pass from deep set up Geoff Hurst for the clinching goal in extra-time.

Voted player of the tournament. Legendary Scottish manager Jock Stein once said of Moore: "There ought to be a law against him. He know's what's happening 20 minutes before everybody else." Won 108 caps for his country, the most by any England outfield player, and helped West Ham to FA Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup glory. Moore was respected throughout the world and won the personal admiration of Pele after an outstanding duel in the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico. Tributes from all around the world poured in after his death in 1993 from cancer, and West Ham named their new stand after him. Geoff HURST England: b. 1941 The only man ever to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup final. Like so many World Cup heroes, target-man Hurst wasn't first-choice when the tournament began. Hurst had been nurtured by Ron Greenwood at West Ham, whose side included internationals Martin Peters and the incomparable Bobby Moore, Tottenham's Jimmy Greaves was coach Alf Ramsey's preferred option. When Greaves was injured early in the tournament, Hurst grabbed his chance and wrote himself into World Cup legend.

His hat-trick in the 4-2 win against West Germany included a header, a right-foot shot and a left-foot shot. The second goal, which made it 3-2, remains one of the great controversial moments in World Cup history. Hurst's shot bounced off the crossbar and, according to the Azerbaijani linesman, over the line. The final was only Hurst's eighth international appearance, and he went on to collect 49 caps in total, scoring 24 goals. EUSEBIO da Silva Ferreia Portugal: b. 1942 Explosive Mozambique-born striker nicknamed "the Black Panther" who had a thunderous right-foot shot and electric pace allied to tremendous athletic ability. Finished top scorer in the 1966 World Cup finals with nine goals, including four to rescue Portugal against North Korea after they had trailed 3-0. Tormented Brazil as Portugal beat the world champions 3-1, memorably reprimanding his team-mate Morais for a dreadful foul on Pele. His blinding skill earned him another nickname -- "the European Pele".

He was left in tears after Bobby Charlton's two brilliant goals knocked the Portuguese out of the semifinals in England. Won the prestigious European Footballer of the Year award in 1965, and finished Portugal's leading scorer for an amazing nine consecutive seasons with Benfica. 1966 WORLD CUP SCORERS Valeri Porkujan (USSR) 4 1966 WORLD CUP TRIVIA - England, who qualified automatically as hosts, were the only British nation to make it to the finals. - Eight venues were used: Manchester (Old Trafford), Birmingham (Villa Park), Middlesbrough (Ayresome Park), Sunderland (Roker Park), Liverpool (Goodison Park), London (Wembley and White City) and Sheffield (Hillsborough). - Four months before England won the World Cup they lost it. The solid gold trophy was stolen and a week later a mongrel dog named Pickles discovered a parcel under a bush in south London. It turned out to be the World Cup. - In Group Three Hungary ended Brazil's 13-match unbeaten run with a 3-1 win at Goodison. The injured Pele was badly missed.

- North Korea gained their first World Cup finals point and scored their first goal when Seung Zin struck the equaliser against Chile. - Legendary Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal waved goodbye to the World Cup after the 0-0 draw with Uruguay at Wembley. At 37-years-old, he was competing in his fifth World Cup. - In Group Four came the shock result of the tournament when North Korea beat mighty Italy 1-0. Pak Doo Ik became a household name in Britain after scoring the matchwinner in the first half. Italy were eliminated as the North Koreans became the first Asian team to reach the quarterfinals. - North Korea shook Portugal by scoring in the first minute through Pak Seung Zin. They actually led 3-0 at one stage until Eusebio scored four goals, including two from the spot, to help Portugal to a 5-3 win at Goodison. - Geoff Hurst became the first and so far only player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final in the 4-2 defeat of West Germany. He was only playing after Jimmy Greaves suffered an injury earlier in the tournament.

1966 WORLD CUP WINNING SQUAD England Goalkeepers: Gordon Banks, Peter Bonetti, Ron Springett Defenders: Jimmy Armfield, Gerald Byrne, Jack Charlton, George Cohen, Bobby Moore (capt), Ray Wilson Midfielders: Alan Ball, Ian Callaghan, Bobby Charlton, George Eastham, Ron Flowers, Norman Hunter, Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles Forwards: John Connelly, Jimmy Greaves, Roger Hunt, Geoff Hurst, Terry Paine. Coach: Alf Ramsey England hero Sir Geoff Hurst reveals he nearly QUIT football before 1966 World Cup | UK | News | Daily Express 00:00, Wed, Oct 29, 2014 England 1966 World Cup player Sir Geoff Hurst at Willoughby House, Cheltenham [SWNS] Sir Geoff was on the verge of hanging up his boots to become a wicket-keeper batsman. He says he loved cricket so much he used to regularly miss pre-season training with West Ham at a young age to bat and bowl.

The 72-year-old, who remains the only man to have scored a hat-trick in a World Cup Final, says his heroes as a boy weren't footballers - but cricket legends like Denis Compton. He says he was good enough to play for the Essex Second XI and even for the full county - until West Ham boss Ron Greenwood moved him from a midfielder to a striker. Four years before the 1966 World Cup I was still playing more cricket than football. I thought my future probably lay with cricket Sir Geoff Hurst The England legend went on to score hundreds of goals including 228 for his club and at the 1966 World Cup against West Germany and Argentina. Sir Geoff, of Cheltenham, Glos., said: "I was detrimental to both sports playing football and cricket. "At the top level to be good enough to play the sport you have to be dedicated to doing that thing. "I enjoyed playing football and cricket and it came to a time in my late teens and early 20s when I say I was 'messing about with both sports'. "It was the end of an era where people like Denis Compton and Willy Watson were playing football and cricket internationally for England.

How does that work? "Playing cricket was to the detriment of my football. I was playing cricket until September even October each year while it was still light in the evenings. "Then I was coming back to West Ham having missed all the pre-season training and half-a-dozen league games and I was struggling as a footballer. "Then Ron Greenwood decided that he would move me from midfield to playing up front. I came back from playing cricket and on the first Monday we played Shrewsbury Reserves. "I wasn't fit and as I was struggling in the middle of the park then Ron put me up front. We played Liverpool and won 1-0 in my first game up there. "I came off the pitch and it was like my shorts had been dipped in water because I was that unfit. "But it worked out and in that first season I played 27 games and scored 14 goals from a standing start. "Nowadays if you pay £50 million and someone gets 14 goals in 27 games it's seen as the best buy you've ever seen.

Sir Geoff Hurst nearly turned his back on football four years before he won the World Cup [SWNS] "I look back on my career and appreciate how quickly and how dramatically it rose, once I decided to fully commit to football. "Four years before the 1966 World Cup I was still playing more cricket than football. I thought my future probably lay with cricket. "In 1962 I decided to stay behind while West Ham went on a tour to Africa to play cricket for Essex seconds - that was just four years before the World Cup final. "There wasn't a decision to choose between the two sports. It's just that the football took off at a senior level quicker than the cricket. "Had I played more games for Essex in the first team than I did - I played one but never really had more of a chance - I may have ended up choosing cricket. I never officially made that decision. "It just happened that the football took off, quite dramatically in that first season after being moved up front. "The next season I was the top scorer, then in '64 we won the FA Cup, in '65 we won the Cup Winners' Cup and then everyone knows what happened in '66.

"When I look back at it now it's quite a dramatic rise. Even in 1966 I made my England debut in the February - Martin Peters didn't make his until the May." Sir Geoff also began playing sports with another footballer - Sir Bobby Moore - but rather than football, the first competitive game they took part in was cricket. Related articles Spirit of '66 helping England hero Nobby Stiles battle cancer as teammates rally round Luckily for England though, Sir Bobby decided much earlier on in life that he would solely focus on football, going on to win the World Cup on that memorable afternoon in 1966. "Bobby was the best I ever played with," Sir Geoff said. "He had such a great football brain and was so determined and focused. "He was so composed in the big games and big moments. He was able to be as relaxed playing in a World Cup Final as he was playing in a five-a-side on a Sunday morning. "His ability to read the game was fantastic. His ability to take on and pass the ball out of defence was excellent. My third goal in the final showed that.

"I was lucky enough to grow up with him and as a young lad growing up at Barking he was a little fat boy. I've seen pictures of him back then, he was a chunky little thing. "We played together at football and cricket together for South of England schools but he focused on football from an earlier age than I did. "Although we were the same age, he progressed a lot quicker than I did. He was playing in the World Cup finals in Chile in 1962 when I was still playing more cricket than football. "He was four years ahead of me and I didn't get my chance with England until 1966. Although looking back I would argue that I could have had a chance earlier than I did. "Scoring the goals that I did in my early career, I could have been called up earlier. I scored 14 goals in 27 games as a novice, if a player does that now there would be a clamour to get him in the side. "I had to play three or four years and wait for my chance. It probably did me good in the end. The experience I had in the 64 Cup side and the Cup Winners Cup meant I was at my peak.

"I had three or four years when my experience and my physical condition were at my very best and that coincided with a period of great success. "I wouldn't change anything now, I did okay, I think." Sir Geoff was speaking ahead of his appearance as guest of honour at the 2014 Gloucestershire Media Sports Awards. Most read in UK England 4-2 West Germany 1966 World Cup final PLAYER RATINGS: Geoff Hurst and Alan Ball star ahead of Franz Beckenbauer | Daily Mail Online England 4-2 West Germany 1966 World Cup final PLAYER RATINGS: Geoff Hurst and Alan Ball star ahead of Franz Beckenbauer England won the World Cup by beating West Germany in the final Geoff Hurst scored a hat-trick and Martin Peters grabbed a goal Franz Beckenbauer was outshone in the visitors' midfield Alan Ball's weaving runs will give the Germans sleepless nights 50 years on, relive England's finest hour through the eyes of today's Sportsmail team... Geoff Hurst hit a brilliant hat-trick to secure England's first World Cup triumph in a 4-2 victory over West Germany at Wembley.

The West Ham striker equalised Helmut Haller's opener before Martin Peters looked to have netted the winner with 12 minutes remaining, only to see Wolfgang Weber level. But Hurst struck twice in the additional 30-minute period to crown England as world champions. Here, Sportsmail's IAN LADYMAN assess the players and managers from a momentous day at Wembley. His authority bred confidence. Brilliant double save from Overath and then Emmerich at 1-1. George Cohen 6.5 Reliable when England didn't offer anywhere near enough going forward. Bobby Moore 8 Brilliant anticipation, vision and delivery to set up Hurst's first. Oozed authority and calm. Bobby Moore kisses the Jules Rimet trophy after England won the World Cup Jack Charlton 7.5 Wore his heart on sleeve and was an intimidating and energetic presence alongside Moore. Ray Wilson 6.5 Nerve-ridden early on. His poorly directed header allowed Haller to give Germany an early lead. Nobby Stiles 7.5 Full of energy. Utterly selfless and ensured England dominated in extra-time as Germany tired. Alan Ball 8.5 Never stopped.

The Germans will have seen his bobbing and weaving frame in their sleep. Alan Ball never stopped running and gave the Germans nightmares in midfield Martin Peters 8 (booked) Purposeful running hurt Germany. Took his goal beautifully and didn't lack confidence. Bobby Charlton 8.5 The best passer on the field by a million miles, Charlton saw angles that no other player could. Geoff Hurst 9 Took his first goal with typical confidence before his two defining extra-time contributions. Hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst strikes towards goal for his treble and the final's clincher Roger Hunt 7 Isolated on the left. Should have played in Bobby Charlton just before Germany's second. Manager: Alf Ramsey 8.5 Unflappable and never panicked. Calmness particularly vital when he rallied his troops in brilliant style at start of extra-time. Team average: 7.14 Hans Tilkowski 8 Good low save to deny Hurst at 1-1 and grew in confidence and stature after that.

Germany goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski battles with Hurst in the air at Wembley Horst-Dieter Hottges 6 Lost Hurst for the first England goal and sliced a clearance towards Peters for the second. Willi Schulz 7 Didn't give Hurst much space but got the wrong side of the England hero for his second goal. Wolfgang Weber 7 Will have wondered what more he could have done to prevent England's four goals. Wolfgang Weber (left) scores Germany's late equaliser to force extra-time in the final Karl-Heniz Schnellinger 7 Disappointing day. Seemed too worried about Charlton to impose his attacking authority. Franz Beckenbauer seemed too worried about Bobby Charlton to impose in attack Helmut Haller 7.5 Took opening goal beautifully. His header nearly gave Seeler a 119th-minute equaliser. Wolfgang Overath 7.5 Absolutely ran his blood to water for his country's cause to try to cope with Ball and Stiles. Uwe Seeler 8 Germany's most dangerous player, troubling Moore and Jack Charlton with his aerial prowess.

Sigfried Held 8 Dragged a good early chance wide but was always a good option on the left side. Lothar Emmerich 6 The Dortmund forward had a poor World Cup and was not confident on his right foot in the final. Lothar Emmerich looks to close down Bobby Charlton on a poor day for the striker Manager: Helmut Schon 6.5 Only he will know why he negated Beckenbauer by making him man-mark Charlton. Out-thought by Ramsey in extra-time. Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Sweden) 8 Man of the match: Geoff Hurst Attendance: 96,924 BBC SPORT | Football | World Cup 2006 | World Cup 1966 flashback World Cup 1966 flashback By Caroline Cheese On Sunday 30 July, it was 40 years since Alf Ramsey led England to glory in the 1966 World Cup, beating West Germany 4-2 in a gripping final. BBC Sport looks back on the players who featured at Wembley and their exploits since.

England Manager - Alf Ramsey Appointed in 1963 and immediately predicted England would win the 1966 World Cup. His reward for fulfilling that promise was a knighthood in 1967 but he was sacked after England failed to qualify for the 1974 World Cup. Spells at Birmingham and Panathinaikos followed before he retired. Ramsey died on 12 April 1999, aged 79. Gordon Banks Banks did not concede a goal in 1966 until the semi-finals but Leicester transfer-listed him the following year as the Foxes relied on Peter Shilton. Banks went to Stoke and at the 1970 World Cup, made history again with his miracle save from a Pele header. His playing career at the top level ended in 1972 when he lost the sight in his right eye after a car accident. George Cohen Fulham stalwart Cohen took over at right-back from Jimmy Armfield shortly before the World Cup and won his 37th and last England cap in November 1967.

He retired altogether in 1969, with the World Cup his one major honour, and has since fought three successful battles against cancer. Cohen received a long-overdue MBE in 2000, and in 2003, watched nephew Ben win the Rugby World Cup with England. Jack Charlton Charlton collapsed in tears when England prevailed in 1966. He and brother Bobby took the joint decision to retire from international duty after the 1970 World Cup and Jack's playing career finally ended in 1973 after 773 appearances for Leeds. A keen angler, Charlton still found time to manage Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle before taking the Republic of Ireland job and leading them to the World Cup quarter-finals in 1990. Bobby Moore Described by Ramsey as the "spirit and heartbeat" of England's 1966 champions, Moore won 108 caps and skippered his country 90 times.

Despite his arrest for stealing a necklace in Bogota before the 1970 World Cup - he was cleared - Moore was at his imperious best in the tournament and sealed his legendary status as he and Pele went toe-to-toe in England's 1-0 loss to Brazil. Moore ended his 15-year association with West Ham in 1973 to join Fulham before a brief time in the US and manager posts at Oxford City and Southend. He died in 1993, aged 51. Ray Wilson The oldest member of Ramsey's squad, Wilson's form for Everton as they won the 1966 FA Cup earned him first-choice status at left-back for England. A knee injury, and the emergence of Terry Cooper, brought Wilson's international career to an end in 1968 after 63 caps and he quit altogether in 1971. Publicity-shy Wilson turned his back on football and became an undertaker in Huddersfield, before retiring in 1997. Nobby Stiles England's midfield enforcer famously danced a jig holding the Jules Rimet trophy.

Stiles won only eight more caps over the next four years and his total of 28 makes him the least-capped player of the 1966 team. In a glittering club career, Stiles won two league titles and the European Cup with Manchester United. As youth team coach at United, he helped with the development of David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and the Neville brothers. Alan Ball The youngest team member, Ball's energetic midfield displays earned him a record ï¿½110,000 move from Blackpool to Everton where he won the 1970 league title. That year, he shone at the World Cup, hitting the bar in the epic encounter with Brazil, but after a brief spell as captain, he was dropped by Don Revie in 1975. Ball's managerial career took in Blackpool, Portsmouth, Stoke, Exeter, Southampton and Manchester City but in recent years, he has dropped out of the limelight in order to care for his cancer-stricken wife and daughter. His wife died in 2004.

Bobby Charlton Franz Beckenbauer conceded England won the World Cup because "Bobby was just a bit better than me." England's goalscoring midfielder cemented his status as his country's best player in 1968, overtaking Jimmy Greaves' national goalscoring record a week before scoring twice as Manchester United beat Benfica in the European Cup final. He netted 245 goals in 751 games for United and still holds the England scoring record of 49. After brief spells in management with Preston and Wigan, Charlton returned to United to sit on the board and was knighted in 1994. Martin Peters Described by West Ham boss Ron Greenwood as being "10 years ahead of his time", Peters put England 2-1 up in the final and would have taken the personal glory but for West Germany's late equaliser. He was a World Cup winner in only his eighth match for England and in 1970 moved to Tottenham for ï¿½200,000. He scored against West Germany again at the World Cup that year but Ramsey's side crashed out 3-2.

His international career ended on 67 caps and 20 goals and after a disastrous spell as Sheffield United manager, Peters worked in the insurance sector until 1998. Geoff Hurst England's hat-trick hero was expected to be a squad player at the '66 World Cup but an injury to Jimmy Greaves let in the West Ham frontman and an England legend was created. He continued to score regularly for both West Ham and England until 1972 when he departed the international stage after 49 caps and 24 goals. He finished his career with spells at Stoke, West Brom and the Seattle Sounders. He flirted with management and was assistant coach to Ron Greenwood for England between 1977 and 1982 before later working alongside Peters in insurance. Roger Hunt Hunt's lasting legacy from the 1966 final was as the player who swore Hurst's second goal was legitimate. Hunt was following up when Hurst's shot bounced down off the crossbar and, he says, he would have tapped the ball in had he not been 100% sure it had crossed the line.

On his return to Liverpool, he was nicknamed 'Sir Roger' by the Kop and scored 285 goals in a glorious Reds career. After retiring in 1972, Hunt worked for his father's haulage company. Germany ON 30 JULY 1966 Chris Farlowe number one in pop charts with 'Out Of Time', written by Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards The BBC had announced plans to begin broadcasting in colour Harold Wilson was in his second term as PM after Labour won March election Ian Brady and Myra Hindley had been jailed for life for the 'Moors Murders' Manager - Helmut Schoen Schoen began a glorious 14-year reign in 1964, after eight years as assistant Sepp Herberger. His side put the disappointment of 1966 behind them with victory at the 1974 World Cup, two years after they were crowned European champions. Schoen stepped down in 1978 after 139 matches (won 87, drew 30, lost 22). He died in February 1996 at the age of 80.

Hans Tilkowski Tilkowski kept the legendary Sepp Maier on the bench in 1966 but the Borussia Dortmund keeper did not play at another World Cup. He retired in 1970 and went on to manage Werder Bremen and AEK Athens. To this day, Tilkowski, still friends with Hurst, Banks and Ball, remains convinced that Hurst's second goal in the 1966 final did not cross the line. Horst-Dieter Hottges The marker of hat-trick hero Hurst later admitted he had been struggling with tendonitis during the final. Hurst came back to haunt the Werder Bremen defender four years later when Hottges was substituted at half-time with West Germany 2-0 down. He saw his side roar back to win 3-2 and remained on the bench for the rest of the tournament, as he did when West Germany won the 1974 World Cup. Hottges is a Bremen legend and coaches the youth team. Willi Schulz Hamburg central defender Schulz combined playing with a thriving career in insurance, which he dedicated himself to full-time after retiring from football in 1973.

He also built up a property empire in his home country and in the United States. Schulz appeared in three World Cups, and played in the epic 4-3 semi-final defeat to Italy in 1970. Wolfgang Weber The unsung Cologne defender took the final into extra time with a last-gasp goal. Weber stayed with Cologne until 1977 and continued to play for Germany until 1974 - but missed out on that year's World Cup-winning squad. After retirement, he succeeded Tilkowski as Werder Bremen manager and more recently, has carried out voluntary work for the Special Olympics movement. Karl-Heinz Schnellinger AC Milan's uncompromising defender found fame at his fourth World Cup in 1970 in the legendary semi-final against Italy. Schnellinger, who did not score in nine seasons with Milan, poached a 90th-minute equaliser to take the game into extra-time, but his side lost a classic encounter 4-3. His international career ended without a World Cup winners' medal and he stopped playing in 1975. He still lives in Milan.

Helmut Haller West Germany's playmaker capitalised on a weak header by Wilson to open the scoring after 12 minutes of the Wembley final. After his side's defeat, he left London with the match ball but more than 30 years later, returned it to England's hat-trick hero Geoff Hurst, who did not originally claim it because he assumed his third goal came after the final whistle. Haller's club career took in Bologna and Juventus as well as German side Augsberg. He retired in 1979. Franz Beckenbauer 'Der Kaiser' made his international debut in 1965. He captained Bayern Munich to their first German league title in 1969, and was later hailed for revolutionising the sweeper role. At the 1970 World Cup, he played on with a dislocated shoulder as his side went down 4-3 in the classic semi-final against Italy but he finally picked up a winners' medal by leading his country to 1974 glory on home soil. A hat-trick of European Cup wins followed with Bayern and he underlined his legend by coaching Germany to World Cup glory in 1990.

He is now Bayern president and has been heavily involved in Germany's hosting of the 2006 World Cup. Wolfgang Overath The left-footer was one of Germany's finest ever midfielders. Just 22 in 1966, Overath reached his peak four years later when he was voted the best player at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. He ended his international career in 1974 when he starred for West Germany's World Cup-winning team. Overath was loyal to Cologne, winning the Bundesliga in 1964 and the German Cup in 1968 and 1977, when he bowed out. He is now chairman. Lothar Emmerich Emmerich's lasting legacy came in West Germany's third group match at the 1966 World Cup. From close to the left byline, 'Emma' angled a thunderous shot into the top corner to equalise against Spain, a strike Beckenbauer once described as the best World Cup goal he had ever seen. Emmerich scored 115 goals in 183 appearances for Borussia Dortmund.

But he never represented his country again after the 1966 final and retired from football at the age of 37 with only five caps. Emmerich died of lung cancer in August 2003 at 61. Uwe Seeler Striker Seeler starred for club and country but suffered terrible luck at World Cups. He played in the four tournaments between West Germany's 1954 and 1974 wins and the closest he came to victory was when he skippered the 1966 finalists. Seeler stayed loyal to hometown club Hamburg throughout his career, scoring 137 times in 269 games before becoming president in 1995. Siegfried Held Siggi's move to the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund in 1965 earned him a World Cup place the following year and he was an ever-present in England. The striker eventually won 41 caps but by the 1970 World Cup had been relegated to the bench. After his retirement in 1981, Held coached at several German clubs before managing Malta's national team. Most recently, he spent five months in charge of Thailand.

World Cup final 1966: England v West Germany – as it happened | Football | The Guardian Sportblog World Cup final 1966: England v West Germany – as it happened The minute-by-minute report of England's proudest day, from the pages of And Gazza Misses The Final , a collection of MBMs from World Cup matches by Rob Smyth and Scott Murray Can England maintain their undefeated record against West Germany in the World Cup final? Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty Images Friday 30 May 2014 08.09 EDT First published on Friday 30 May 2014 05.48 EDT Close 1.08pm BST This report is one of 22 MBMs featured in And Gazza Misses The Final by Rob Smyth and Scott Murray.

Relive the goals, the genius, the farces and the fistfights, including the 1962 Battle of Santiago between Chile and Italy, the 1970 World Cup final, Archie Gemmill's wonder goal against Holland, Maradona's Hand of God, every kick of the seismic 1950 Maracanazo between Uruguay and Brazil - and of course Gazza's tears in Turin . Thanks for reading and commenting. PS. Hugh McIlvanney's match report has been sent over by telegram and can be read here: Hurst's hat-trick wins the World Cup Updated at 1.09pm BST 1.05pm BST Traffic update: Roads in the West End of London have ground to a halt, with thousands of punters milling around Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus. "It’s like VE night, election night and New Year’s Eve all rolled into one," says an Automobile Association spokesman in his steel helmet and gas mask. 1.04pm BST Bobby Moore lifts the World Cup trophy As England troop up the stadium’s famous 39 steps to the Royal Box, Ramsey shakes each of his players warmly by the hand.

And here’s something: he’s smiling. Aw, bless. Moore lifts the trophy. Three irate peelers have to batter a path back down to the pitch for the team, so many folk are leaning into the stairwell hoping to slap the new world champions on the back. And now Stiles has started skipping around in the sort of big-leggy fashion that suggests he might have seriously chafed his inner thighs. In fairness, he has put in quite a shift. 1.02pm BST Result: England 4–2 West Germany 122 min: IT’S ALL OVER!. Hurst barely has the energy to jog round in a small semi-circle but he’s got to support Ball, who races up to congratulate him. And it’s the final act of the game! The Wembley pitch floods with well-wishers. England, just as Alf Ramsey said they would, have won the World Cup! 1.01pm BST England 4–2 West Germany (Hurst) 121 min: THE GOAL THAT MAKES IT CERTAIN – ENGLAND ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!! ... he launches an exhausted but brilliant pinpoint pass down the left channel for Hurst. Who’s clear!

The striker looks like he’s wading through treacle on the heavy, cut-up pitch but he makes it to the area and, a millisecond before Overath completes a futile pursuit, lashes an unstoppable shot into the top left! "That’s it,’"says the ITV commentator Hugh Johns. "That. Is. It." I wonder what Wolstenholme’s saying over on the BBC? 1.00pm BST 120 min: Haller sprints to the corner flag and takes. He whips the ball in. Banks punches clear. The ball lands 30 yards upfield at the feet of Hunt, who rather brilliantly rotates through 180 degrees, drops a shoulder and leaves Schulz, sliding in, for dead. That’s as good a piece of skill as we’ve seen all afternoon. Unfortunately, his attempt to release Ball down the right with a raking crossfield pass is abysmal, trickling along the ground and easily intercepted in the centre circle by Höttges. The ball’s sprayed right to Schulz, who curls a desperate last cross into the area. Moore chests down, and ...

12.59pm BST 119 min: This is more like it from Germany , though. Schulz, deep on the right, sends a diagonal ball into the area for Haller to head down into the path of Seeler. Moore has allowed the little German to nip in front of him, but the ball’s whizzing through the air too quickly and Seeler is forced to scamper towards the corner flag after it. He pulls the ball back to Schulz, who crosses deep again. Cohen calmly heads behind for a corner. He looks calm, anyway. 12.58pm BST 118 min: It’s attack versus defence now. "This is Held," says the BBC commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, though his received pronunciation sounds suspiciously like "this is hell". Which, of course, for England fans it is. Germany aren’t going to dash the cup from England’s lips at the death again, are they? It doesn’t look like it, Haller sending a cross from the left whistling straight down Banks’s gizzard.

12.56pm BST 116 min: Held, who has been nothing short of magnificent, powers down the left and fires a low cross into the area, but Overath miscontrols, the ball shooting out of play for a goal-kick. 12.55pm BST 115 min: Corner for Germany as Held crosses deep from the left, forcing Wilson to twist in mid-air and head out on the right. The setpiece is rolled back to Beckenbauer, whose long crossfield ball is too clever by half and intercepted. England swish upfield and this is better by Hunt, who moves inside from the left and sends a rasping drive flying just wide of the right-hand post. 12.53pm BST 113 min: Held drifts in from the left and from the best part of 30 yards scores two rugby points. Unfortunately, rugby points are not recognized as currency by the Fifa mandarins. Refusing to give up, Held’s soon back at England, breaking clear down the inside left and shooting inches wide, a powerful shot that Banks probably didn’t have covered, but he’s handled the ball en route and play’s pulled back.

Hearts in mouths for England. 12.51pm BST 111 min: Stiles on the wing shanks the ball straight out of play. It’s not just Germany who are running on empty. 12.50pm BST 110 min: Hunt has a chance to free the overlapping Wilson down the left but opts to go for gold instead. His attempt to dance into the area is brought to an unceremonious end when Schulz sticks in a shoulder and sends him crashing to the turf. The striker’s decision-making hasn’t been all that in this extra period. 12.48pm BST 108 min: Hurst cuts in from the right and, looking for the first-ever hat-trick in a World Cup final, shoots from the edge of the area. Bereft of juice, it’s never getting past the keeper. 12.47pm BST 107 min: Beckenbauer shows good feet to dance past Bobby Charlton in the middle of the park, but having gone on a 40-yard run, he’s kaput by the time it comes to shooting and his effort bobbles through to Banks.

12.46pm BST 106 min: England get the ball rolling again. They soon lose possession. But West Germany, drenched in water, look short of energy. Overath and Emmerich combine down the left but the latter doesn’t have the power to engage Stiles in combat. 12.45pm BST Extra time, half time: England 3–2 West Germany. 105 min: One of the more expansive moves of the match. Haller sprays a long ball down the right for Held, who knocks a pass along the front of the England area. Emmerich takes control and welts a shot towards the far-right corner. High and wide. Banks would have had it covered unless Emmerich found the postage stamp. And that’s it for the first half of extra time. 12.44pm BST 104 min: Space for Emmerich down the left. His sliderule diagonal ball into the middle nearly finds Held rushing through, but Cohen slides in to guide the ball away from immediate danger. He looks to have conceded a corner, but Banks scrambles across to save, the ball sticking to his fingertips.

Every little helps and England aren’t in the mood to give anything away. 12.42pm BST 102 min: The Germans were surrounding the linesman after that decision, screaming in his phizog. You can’t really blame them. On the other hand, that goal had been coming. England have been excellent since the restart. "We want four" chant the home support. Some people are never happy. 12.41pm BST England 3–2 West Germany (Hurst) 101 min: GOAL!!! EXCEPT IT ISN’T!!! BUT NEVER MIND THAT, BECAUSE IT’S GOING TO COUNT!!! Conducting the match from the centre circle, Stiles sprays a lovely pass down the right for Ball to race on to. He’s got a jump on Höttges, who races over to cover but is never getting there in a million years. Ball connects first time, cutting back an arcing cross into the heart of the area. The ball takes one bounce just before it reaches Hurst.

The striker, ten yards out with his back to goal, just to the right of the penalty spot and ahead of his marker Schulz, brings the rising ball down with the side of his foot and turns to his left. As the ball bobbles towards the right of the goal, Hurst swivels and unleashes a powerful rising shot towards Tilkowski. The ball rockets up over the keeper’s head and off the underside of the crossbar, before bouncing down on the line and back into the centre. Hunt, who really should be following it in, turns instead to celebrate, both arms aloft. Weber steps in to head over the bar for what he imagines will be a corner. For a couple of seconds, it appears a corner’s what it’ll be. Hurst’s shoulders slump, his hands resting on his knees. But they’re soon in the air in celebration: the referee quickly consults his linesman and points to the centre circle. The home crowd erupt and Wembley’s twin towers are launched into space! 12.39pm BST 99 min: The sun’s out again.

Held powers down the inside-left channel to the byline, past a half-arsed challenge from a leggy Jack Charlton, who is possibly also worried about giving away a penalty. Held whips a dangerous ball through the six-yard area, but only Seeler’s in the centre and it flies over his head, with Banks kidding on he’s under complete control. Hunt goes down the other end and whips a fairly aimless cross-cum-shot into the side-netting. 12.36pm BST 96 min: Overath robs Ball and sends Seeler away down the right. He sprays a ball to the opposite wing for Emmerich, who slides a diagonal ball into the box for Held. The striker takes a tired touch – earlier you’d have fancied him to turn and shoot from 10 yards – and England are able to mop up without too much fuss. The German fans try to gee up their team with some metronomic horn parping. 12.35pm BST 95 min: Unperturbed, they keep pressing Germany back. Hunt cuts in from the left and fires a shot across goal and wide of the target.

12.34pm BST 94 min: BOBBY CHARLTON HITS THE POST! Ball swings one in from the right. Peters and Hurst make a nuisance of themselves on the edge of the area. The ball’s laid back to Bobby Charlton, who sends a low shot crashing – admittedly not at the highest speed – off the base of the right-hand post. Tilkowski wasn’t far away from reaching it. The ball rebounds back into the keeper’s startled face and away from danger! That was slapstick at its finest. How on earth did that stay out? England will curse that goalframe if they lose this final. 12.33pm BST 93 min: Germany get extra time under way. A strange sense of anti-climax at the moment. England are understandably deflated, the Germans seemingly too knackered to be elated. It’s all fairly understandable. Schnellinger sprays a lovely crossfield ball from the left to Seeler on the right-hand edge of the England area, but he slips on the sodden turf and Moore is able to lash free.

He finds Ball, who goes on a slalom down the middle of the park and sends a rising shot straight at Tilkowski. The keeper palms over the bar. The corner’s wasted. Updated 12.30pm BST FULL TIME: England 2–2 West Germany The second they restart the game, the referee blows his whistle for full time. They came that close! Stiles boots the ball upfield in impotent rage. We go again for another 30 minutes. Something decisive will have to happen in extra time or we’re all here again on Tuesday for a replay. 12.29pm BST England 2–2 West Germany (Weber)! 89 min: HEARTBREAK FOR ENGLAND!!! Schulz heads forward deep into England territory. Seeler is mounted by Jack Charlton, who heads clear. A needless panic by Charlton and that’s a free-kick, 30 yards out, just to the left of goal. Emmerich blasts the free-kick straight at, and through, the wall. The ball comes off Cohen and falls to Held, who from the left-hand corner of the six-yard box blasts goalwards.

The shot’s going towards Banks but hits the back of Schnellinger and deflects to the right, drifting slowly through an anarchic melee. The ball somehow evades both Wilson and Seeler, but Weber is sliding in at the right-hand post and lifts the ball over the despairing arms of Banks. What a farce! Only the young Beckenbauer seems to have the energy to celebrate for Germany. Banks is claiming handball but his head must be as cluttered as the England area was. You can tell he doesn’t really believe it. And England don’t really believe it. 12.28pm BST 88 min: Overath lumbers down the inside-left channel, using up every last drop of energy. He drops a shoulder past an equally tired Peters to cut inside and unleashes a fizzer just wide right of goal. Whistles are ringing around an anxious Wembley. England are hanging on. 12.27pm BST 87 min: Emmerich sends a pea-roller towards Banks. 12.26pm BST 86 min: HUNT SPURNS A CHANCE TO WRAP IT UP!

Moore takes control of the ball in the area, dribbles out to the left, then finds Peters up the wing, who in turn shuttles the ball forward to Ball. The young midfielder takes a touch back towards his area, then whips a ball upfield to release Hunt down the channel. Suddenly, England are three on one, with Bobby Charlton and Hurst in the middle! Hunt’s ball inside is dreadful, though, lacking the pace to reach Charlton before the covering Overath arrives to hassle the England midfielder. Charlton screws a lacklustre shot wide right, then gives Hunt a look. Hunt should probably have dropped a shoulder and gone on the outside of the only covering defender, Schulz, taking a shot himself. But he lacked both pace and confidence. Will England rue this? 12.24pm BST 84 min: Stiles snaps too energetically at Held’s feet down the inside left. Foul. Emmerich floats the ball into the area. Weber eyebrows a header wide right of goal. A mild panic seems to be setting in. England can’t keep giving away free-kicks.

12.21pm BST 81 min: Chances are coming thick and fast now. Peters slides Bobby Charlton into the area down the left but he shanks it way off target. Schnellinger, drifting inside from the left, batters a shot straight at Banks. Hurst cuts in from the right and blooters a shot from 20 yards wide left and high. "We want three" chant the crowd. Some folk are never happy. 12.19pm BST 79 min: Ball makes his way into acres of space down the left. Near the corner flag, Höttges comes flying in from behind, a ludicrous scythe of malign intent totally out of keeping with anything we’ve seen in this match. How he doesn’t have his name taken is a fair question, for players have been sent off during this tournament for far less. Just ask poor old Antonio Rattin. Perhaps the referee is taking into account that Höttges has just made the mistake that’s likely to cost his country the World Cup. 12.18pm BST GOAL!!! England 2–1 West Germany (Peters) 78 min: Ball floats in the corner.

Schulz heads clear but only to Hurst on the edge of the box. Hurst shoots under some pressure but only manages a weak effort, which is dribbling towards the left-hand side of the goal. But Höttges slices a woeful clearance up into the air, the ball dropping into the heart of the German box, eight yards out. Peters, rushing in, meets the ball sweetly with his right and slams it into the middle of the goal! England, having waited 103 YEARS since inventing the game, are now 12 MINUTES from becoming the champions of the world! As Peters runs back upfield, arms waving wildly, he’s joined by Hurst and Hunt in celebration. But he doesn’t lose himself in the moment too much. As he waits for the game to restart, he stretches out his fingers as far as they will go, talking to himself, cognitive techniques to help him snap back to reality and get on with finishing the job in hand. 12.17pm BST 77 min: Ball bursts down the right after a Hunt knockdown. He hammers a shot towards the bottom right, forcing Tilkowski to turn round his post. Corner. From which ...

12.14pm BST 73 min: Ball slides the ball to the left for Moore, who swings a cross back to the far post where Hurst heads down. Bobby Charlton is looking to latch on to the knockdown but Tilkowski comes out to claim. Beckenbauer had nipped in between to guard his keeper and clatters into him, sending Charlton flying into the net as he does so. No foul, though there’s a suggestion of obstruction. An indirect free-kick, six yards out by the right-hand post, would have been interesting. 12.10pm BST 70 min: "When the reds go marching in" chant the crowd, no doubt in celebration of the Labour Party’s current parliamentary majority of 96 seats. And perhaps they’re also trying to get England going again. It’s all a wee bit flat. From his trademark position on the left, Wilson – Ray, not Harold – crosses towards Hunt, who is gently nudged out of the way by the shoulder of Schulz. Crafty, but not a foul. No pen. 12.08pm BST 68 min: Hunt is bowled over down the left.

Moore sails a free-kick to the far post, where Jackie Charlton rushes in to face the ball wide right of the target. 12.05pm BST 65 min: Hurst chests down a long Moore pass on the edge of the area. Peters hoicks over the bar. This half must start soon. The crowd entertain themselves by singing "Oh my, what a referee" over some perceived slight when Jack Charlton was penalized for handball a while back. In truth, they’ve little to complain about, and if they’re not careful they’ll put the official in a mood to give them nothing. 12.04pm BST 64 min: With this perhaps in mind, Beckenbauer takes a crack at a free-kick from 35 yards. That is astonishingly unrealistic. 12.02pm BST 62 min: From a German corner on the left, the ball breaks to Beckenbauer on the edge of the area. He drops a shoulder and nudges the ball to the left, but drags a lame effort right of the target.

He’s been pretty successful in blunting Bobby Charlton but is diminished as an attacking force as a result, a pale shadow of the goal threat he was against Switzerland, Uruguay and the USSR. 11.59am BST 59 min: Walley Barnes, the colour guy on the BBC, has been filling in dead air time by explaining the concepts of energy conservation. Very green. Both teams appear to be willing to take their chances at the business end of this game. 11.56am BST 56 min: There’s not much of an atmosphere, give or take a few smatterings of "England! England!" Come along, Wembley, World Cup final going on over here. 11.53am BST 53 min: Ball clips a cross in from the right. Peters, always stretching, pokes a header wide right. 11.49am BST 49 min: A scrappy start to the half for the West Germans. Cohen, Stiles and Ball have all taken turns to romp into space down the right, but their cutbacks are inaccurate and easily dealt with.

11.45am BST HALF TIME: England 1–1 West Germany This could so easily be three apiece. A magnificent half of football. Good luck splitting these two sides because the margins are paper thin. Amid torrential rain, we’re off again! And England are immediately on the attack through Bobby Charlton, who breaks into the box down the right-hand channel. He looks to pull the trigger but Schulz bundles him to the floor. The crowd scream for a penalty but there’s no reaction from Charlton, who taps hands with the German centre-back as he picks himself up and trots back upfield. 11.44am BST 44 min: Höttges shoots from 30 yards down the right. Come along, some respect for Banks, and indeed goalkeepers everywhere, please. 11.43am BST 43 min: Bobby Charlton shapes to shoot down the inside left but instead slides a diagonal pass into the centre for Peters. For a second, he looks to have time to shoot but Weber comes sliding in to clear. Germany go up the other end through Seeler, who sashays through the midfield and sends a heat-seeker towards the top right.

Banks is forced to tip spectacularly over. The corner comes to naught. 11.42am BST 42 min: Wilson loops a speculative header down the inside right. Weber rises, mistimes his leap and nuts a weak clearance to Hunt on the left. The striker takes a thrash at goal with his left peg from a tightish angle, but Tilkowski batters his rising shot down and Höttges is on hand to mop up. 11.41am BST 41 min: Hurst lifts an aimless ball back into the England midfield. Emmerich beats Jack Charlton to the bouncing ball, just to the left of the centre circle, and makes off down the channel. He’ll be in on goal if he evades Moore but the England captain slides across to make a brilliant last-ditch tackle. 11.38am BST 38 min: From the setpiece, the ball drops to Overath on the edge of the area. He creams a rising left-footed shot goalwards. Banks parries wonderfully, then smothers Emmerich’s snapshot on the turn at the left-hand post.

11.37am BST 37 min: And with that, England’s ring-rustiness shows. Held enters the England box down the left but is turned back by Cohen and dispossessed by Stiles. So far, so good. Stiles gives it to Ball, who then puts Cohen in all sorts of bother with a lazy backpass. Cohen, who was starting to move upfield and was wrong-footed by the pass, turns round with the weary resignation of a man who was about to leave work only to be told he’d be needed for a double shift. At that precise moment in time, Cohen was the personification of the phrase “fucksake”. But Cohen recovers and holds off Held just as it looks like he’ll break clear down the left. And then takes one touch too many, allowing Held to burst into the box! Jack Charlton, almost certainly fuming, comes sliding in to concede the corner, planting Held into a bed of photographers behind the goal as he does so. 11.34am BST 34 min: Incredibly sloppy play by Weber, just in front of his own area down the right.

He tries to slip the ball past Hunt but only batters it into the striker. The ball breaks to Peters, who attempts a delicate chip goalwards, but gets it all wrong, allowing Tilkowski to claim. 11.32am BST 32 min: A couple of minutes of attritional nonsense, then the game suddenly springs to life! Cohen hits a high diagonal ball into the German area from deep on the right. It’s met by Hurst, level with the left-hand post, 12 yards out. He sends a majestic header towards the bottom left, but it’s saved brilliantly by Tilkowski, slithering across his line. Ball is first to the rebound, spinning through 180 degrees to send the ball across the face of the six-yard area from the left, but there are no red shirts in the danger area and Overath clears for a throw on the right. Germany mop up from the restart. 11.28am BST 28 min: Bobby Charlton and Beckenbauer are never far away from each other. The England man drops a shoulder and slides past the great young German hope, in the imperious style of Alfredo di Stefano.

He teases a delicious ball into the centre for Hunt. Weber is forced to hoick the ball out for a corner on the right just as Hunt looked like ghosting in to strike. The corner is an egregious disgrace, Ball wafting his delivery straight into the arms of Tilkowski. 11.23am BST 23 min: The sun’s out! 11.22am BST 22 min: England move upfield, Bobby Charlton’s incomplete one-two with Ball down the inside-left breaks to Cohen, who screws wildly wide left of goal, the sort of shot that would have eventually come back round to him if only everyone had left it. 11.21am BST 21 min: Peters is robbed by Overath in the centre-circle and responds with a petulant shove on the German midfielder. Now now. The referee takes his name. Peters half-turns to show his number in the stroppy schoolboy style. The ref plays his part by wagging his finger three times. Naughty, naughty boy. 11.20am BST 20 min: Peters makes a lung-bursting run from a deep-lying position.

He’s got the German defence backtracking, with all sorts of space opening up. What he doesn’t have is the ball. He’s waiting for Ball to rake it in from the left but the pass comes too late. Germany were all over the place there. 11.19am BST 19 min: Schnellinger and Seeler tackle each other in the centre-circle. Now it’s the Germans’ time to look a wee bit flustered. 11.18am BST 18 min: GOAL!!! England 1–1 West Germany (Hurst) Well, this came out of nothing! Bobby Charlton evades Beckenbauer in the centre and slides the ball out left to Moore, who has his ankles clumsily clipped by Overath. Moore jumps to his feet and doesn’t bother making an MGM-sized song-and-dance production of taking the setpiece, simply looking up and clipping it into the area, having spotted Hurst ludicrously unmarked on the penalty spot. The ball’s perfection itself and the in-form Hurst is unchallenged as he adroitly guides the gently dropping ball into the left-hand side of the net.

Tilkowski stands on his line, his jaw hanging loose in disbelief, pointing into the space Hurst has just taken advantage of and looking around at his defenders as if to say "aw ... c’mon". Hurst leaps on the spot in celebration, nearly shearing off his own nipples with his knees. Jimmy who? 11.12am BST 13 min: Stiles is given a stern talking-to by the referee for giving Haller’s ankles too much attention in the midfield. Stiles doesn’t seem willing to engage in the philosophical debate, responding to the ref’s thesis with a couple of effs, not the sort of antithesis likely to lead us to any satisfactory higher truth. Play’s waved on. 11.10am BST 10 min: Goal! England 0–1 West Germany (Haller) OH DEAR! SO MUCH FOR ENGLAND’S STAUNCH DEFENCE! Ball breaks down the left and drifts inside, finding Peters down the inside right, who drags a shot from 25 yards wide left of goal. So close to an opener, but it’s the Germans who make the breakthrough.

Held, with time down the inside left, pitching-wedges a diagonal ball in the general direction of Haller, lurking in the right-hand side of the England box. Wilson rises to clear with a header but his timing is all over the shop, and he only succeeds in cushioning it down to the German winger. Haller takes a touch with his right as he turns and bumbles a shot into the bottom left, past Banks, who was unsighted by Jack Charlton. A run, a punch, a leap and a modest wave to someone in the crowd. Haller considers a grin but then decides it’s time to get back to work. Updated at 11.11am BST 11.09am BST 9 min: Charlton races forward. He slides the ball out left to Peters, who takes two rangy strides towards the box and unleashes a shot towards the bottom right. Tilkowski is right behind it, and at full length palms away from danger. A fine shot and magnificent save. And this is a lovely, open, end-to-end affair. 11.08am BST 8 min: Utter bedlam in the German area.

Stiles swings a ball into the box from the right for Hunt. Tilkowski comes out to punch clear, though not very effectively. Charlton takes up possession on the left and swings another in. The keeper biffs out again, this time under intense pressure from Hurst, who clatters him. Cohen heads the clearance back into the area from the right. Overath is in the business of calming things down when the referee blows for a foul on the keeper, who has remained on the floor. Moore steps in to lash the ball, loose to the left of the D, into the net, simply for the purposes of crowd-pleasing. And by the sound of the amused roar, the crowd have indeed been pleasured. 11.07am BST 7 min: Seeler busies himself upfield, making good from the centre-circle and having a long-range wallop himself. The ball balloons off Wilson and out for a corner on the right, the ball bouncing along the sort of parabola that would please Barnes Wallac ... no, we made a promise, didn’t we? Haller takes but it’s headed clear by Jack Charlton with no fuss.

11.05am BST 5 min: Germany stream upfield, Held down the left passing infield to Emmerich, who from 20 yards slices a slapstick effort out for a throw on the right. The crowd deliver their verdict with a rasping yay. Everyone’s a critic these days. 11.03am BST 3 min: Emmerich slips Held away down the left. Held reaches the corner flag and digs a cross out, but Jack Charlton is on hand in the middle to hoof clear with extreme prejudice. 11.02am BST 2 min: Peters now attempts to guide something goalwards from the edge of the D, but can only screw wide, the ball always too high to control with confidence. Germany stream upfield through Emmerich, who slides a pass into Held, just inside the England area, in space. He’s got far more time than he thinks and turns a weak shot well wide right of the goal. That could have been a dream start for West Germany. 11.01am BST 1 min: Hurst and Bobby Charlton exchange passes down the left. The ball’s fed inside to Stiles, who attempts a daisy-cutter from distance.

It drags along the soft turf and is easily blocked. 10.55am BST The teams are in If, like poor old Greavsie, you have little interest in the game, BBC2 are showing The Great Dan Patch, a 1949 movie about a man, a fast horse, the horse’s trainer’s daughter, his love for the fast horse and his love for the trainer’s daughter. There’s a romantic triangle for you. Hopefully it’ll have a happier ending than Ramsey–Greaves–Hurst; more heartache might push the Spurs striker over the edge. England: Gordon Banks, George Cohen, Jack Charlton, Bobby Moore, Ray Wilson, Nobby Stiles, Alan Ball, Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst, Roger Hunt. West Germany, very much as expected: Hans Tilkowski, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Willi Schulz, Wolfgang Weber, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Helmut Haller, Uwe Seeler, Siegfried Held, Lothar Emmerich. Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland). And the teams are out!

England, ever the gracious hosts, are in their away strip of red shirts and white shorts, while the Germans are in crisp white shirts with black trim and black shorts. Pandemonium in Wembley as the players take to the field. A lot of nervous jogging and trotting by both sets of players. The coolest man appears to be the youngest, Alan Ball, who ambles out from the tunnel at his own speed. The Queen takes to the Royal Box in time for the national anthem, the lyrics of which promise her the moon on a stick. She’s wearing an ostentatious hat, which matches her handbag. What’s in the bag? Programme and pie, we’d imagine. Perchance some baccy. Next to her is FIFA president Stanley Rous, presumably holding Her Majesty’s Bovril. Then the German anthem, like the British one before it, is met with a silent and thorough respect that speaks volumes for the sixties football fan. No need to be opening old sores 21 years down the line; there’s hope for us all yet. Then, as the last notes drone out, a roar of anticipatory noise. Bedlam, bedlam, bedlam. What an atmosphere!

The captains exchange trinkets. Seeler gives Moore a lovely shiny tapered pennant with his football association’s futuristic pointy logo on it, and receives in return a hunk of wood. It’s either a doorstop, bookend or trivet. Not sure who’s got the best deal there – it’s an aesthetic/practicality toss-up. The teams are doing their stretches. Jack Charlton is milling around, picking his nails nervously, trying to kid on like he doesn’t care. Speaking of kids, his wife Pat is expected to give birth any time now, so he can be forgiven for looking like a bag of nerves. As a result Pat is watching the game at home in Leeds rather than quaffing champagne with the other wives. Going into labour in the stands wouldn’t be the best thing, not least because there will be approximately 96,000 people already moaning and in extreme pain. It’s been raining, by the way, but it’s stopped in time for kick- off. Now then, we need seven goals today if the 1966 tournament isn’t to be statistically the most defensive World Cup of all time. Let’s get to work, then. And we’re off!

Germany get the ball rolling, Overath hoicking it out of touch down the right immediately. The only way is up. Updated

Question: Apart from Geoff Hurst, which footballer scored a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final against Germany?
Answer: Martin Peters